Etrian Odyssey V has been announced. The video is in Japanese so it's a mystery what it's about and there's no gameplay footage at all. One big mystery at this point. Nothing on the site, yet, but it is launched: Etrian Odyssey V

In addition to this, there is also the announcement of an Etrian Odyssey Mystery Dungeon:

On the youtube page it gives the date March 5th, 2015. Release date I would presume, but of course it's in Japanese.

If you don't know Mystery Dungeon or rogue-like adventures, this is a great time for you to brush up and find out. Mystery Dungeon has been a franchise all of its own and spawned Pokemon Dungeon.

Well, for Europeans anyway. As of today, NIS America have confirmed that Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl demo is now available in the Nintendo eShop. This means that anyone with a European Nintendo 3DS can download a demo of the game, for free, to see if they like the game and also to try and stem those cartographic urges.

In a further positive step, if you manage to get anywhere in the demo, the save file will port over to your main quest when the game is eventually released in the European territories. NIS America feel it's important for us all to note that there's over 3,000 lines of recorded dialogue and as this is a retelling of the original game, should hopefully be a good stepping stone for newer gamers into this series.

A trailer for the classic mode version of Etrian Odyssey Untold has been released in an email to Atlus Faithfuls.

The email goes on to confirm that all original nine classes will be in the classic mode - all from the start (I hope this definitely includes Ronin and Hexer which were not available in the original until well into the third stratum).

It ALSO confirms (just in case there was a question about this) that the data from the demo will be transferable to the full game release October 1st.

Atlus USA has announced that Etrian Odyssey Untold will be appearing as a demo in the Nintendo eShop Sept. 16! That's a week away!!

Only the first few dungeons of the story mode will be playable, according to the email.

Also announced: Preorder bonuses! According to the Faithful email:

Pre-orders and the first printing of the game will include a collection of bonus items called "Etrian Untold, Unseen Unheard." These collector's items will be available from ALL retailers. The bonus set includes:

7-track music CD with an exclusive live version of the game's theme and other songs arranged by series composer Yuzo Koshiro

Design book with character art, comics and notes

The game is set for release October 1, and will be set at the price of $39.99.

...Are you excited? I'm excited! You better believe I'll be downloading this demo!

Also, according to the Atlus USA Facebook page, there might even be a way to "win cool stuff"!